The Federal Penitentiary Service has tightened control over the smuggling of phones into the zone

In 2022, 2,600 citizens were detained for transferring or attempting to transfer mobile phones to suspects, accused and convicted, a representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) told Vedomosti. In 2021, significantly fewer such offenders were detained – only 1,600, it follows from the agency’s data. But the number of mobile phones confiscated in the pre-trial detention center has halved over the year – from 48,000 to 24,000, the representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service specified.

Most often, they try to transfer phones to a protected area through the main fence, he explained. For this, offenders use various means: quadrocopters, crossbows, catapults, home-made air guns and other devices, the representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service listed. In most cases, employees of institutions manage to intercept prohibited items, he said.